How to Delete Voicemail on iPhone in iOS 11 or iOS 10

Deleting voicemail on iPhone X, 8 Plus, 8, 7 Plus, 7, 6(s) Plus, 6(s), 5s, SE should be your regular exercise to keep the device cache away. Normally, users take voicemail services to contact the caller later; but sometimes, you receive many voicemails or have to send voicemails to others. This obviously creates cache on your iPhone; before you perform that long exercise of clearing cache, you can delete voicemail on iPhone in iOS 10 and iOS 11.

To delete or clear all voicemails from iPhone at once, you need to go through some simple steps given in this tutorial. Note that unlike iMessage, voicemails can be sent or received without using mobile data. You can clear all voicemails even as your iPhone is not connected to the internet. There is no third-party tool or software to delete all voicemails from iPhone. There is a simple method and you can remove all voicemails at once from iPhone.

Over a period of time, your iPhone receives many voicemails. Slowly and gradually, voicemails occupy space on your phone, which may become slower in operation. This is the time to delete voicemails on your iPhone. Remember, once you delete voicemails from the Phone app, you also need to delete permanently from the recycle bin or trash of your phone.

How to Delete Voicemail on iPhone in iOS 11or iOS 10

Step #1: Hold your iPhone in your hand and tap on Phone app from the Home screen.

Step #2: Tap on Voicemail icon from the bottom menu; you will find Voicemail option in the bottom right corner.

Step #3: Next, tap on the voicemail you want to delete.

This will open the voicemail and you can also read the transcript (if you are using iOS 10 on your iPhone).

Step #4: Below the play button, you can see three options: Speaker, Call Back, and Delete.

Step #5: Tap on Delete and the voicemail will be deleted.

Alternatively, you can swipe from right to left on a voicemail; a delete button appears on the right. Tap on the button to delete the voicemail.

If there are many voicemails to be deleted, you need to follow steps mentioned below.

How to Clear Multiple Voicemails from iPhone in iOS 11 or iOS 10

You can delete all voicemails messages at once if you find many useless voicemails in Phone app.

Step #1: Launch Phone app by tapping on it from Home screen.

Step #2: Tap Voicemail icon.

Step #3: You can see an Edit icon on the top right corner; tap on Edit button.

Step #4: Next, tap on each voicemail you need to delete; all voicemails will be tick-marked.

Step #5: Finally, tap the Delete button from the right corner.

This is not the end of voicemail deleting exercise. Even after deleting voicemails, they still occupy some space on your iPhone, and therefore, you need to permanently delete voicemails from your iPhone.

How to Delete iPhone Voicemail Permanently

Step #1: Open Phone app on your iPhone.

Step #2: Tap on Voicemail button.

Step #3: You will notice that your deleted voicemails are not cleared. The voicemail list will also show an option at the bottom; it is called Deleted Messages.

Step #4: Next, you need to tap on Clear All button to delete the voicemails permanently.

That’s it! All your voicemails are deleted for good. However, many users have observed that Clear All button is disabled or grayed out. In this case, users have to clear all voicemails manually. Users can also use mobile carriers’ website to clear out all voicemails from their accounts. Finally, reset network settings from Settings → General → Reset.